SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT ENGINEERING SERVICES AND PROGRAMMATIC RESOURCE MANAGEMENTSUPPORT
- Notice Date
- 1/6/2014
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541330
— Engineering Services
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Headquarters Acquisition Branch, Code210.H, Greenbelt, MD 20771
- ZIP Code
- 20771
- Solicitation Number
- NNH1422222L
- Response Due
- 1/6/2014
- Archive Date
- 1/6/2015
- Point of Contact
- Candis J Edwards, Contracting Officer, Phone 301-286-4095, Fax 301-286-0357, Email Candis.Edwards@nasa.gov - Jennifer O'Connell, Senior Contracting Officer, Phone 301-286-3936, Fax 301-286-0357, Email Jennifer.A.OConnell@nasa.gov
- E-Mail Address
-
Candis J Edwards
(Candis.Edwards@nasa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Headquarters Human Exploration and Mission Directorate is seeking capability statements from all interested parties, including Small, Small Disadvantaged (SDB), 8(a), Woman-owned (WOSB), Veteran Owned (VOSB), Service Disabled Veteran Owned (SD-VOSB), Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) businesses, and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)/Minority Institutions (MI) for the purposes of determining the appropriate level of competition and/or small business subcontracting goals for Spectrum Management, Engineering Services and Programmatic Resource Management Support requirement.The Government reserves the right to consider a Small, 8(a), Woman-owned (WOSB), Service Disabled Veteran (SD-VOSB), or HUBZone business set-aside based on responses hereto. This support requires professional expertise in the disciplines of regulatory, engineering, management accounting and public outreach. The professional expertise is implemented in the following services and activities: Core services and activities: A. Domestic and International Spectrum Management and Regulatory Services - Perform Engineering studies and provide technical support related to the electromagnetic spectrum and telecommunications systems as required for near Earth and deep space research. Analyze U.S. domestic and international spectrum regulatory and policy issues, especially spectrum inventory initiatives started as a result of the National Broadband Plan and its effects on NASA. Perform Engineering studies in support of Agency requirements for spectrum allocations, assignments and coordination in national spectrum management organizations related to Agencys mission needs as well as the Agencys support of the U.S. commercial space communications industry. This activity requires the collaboration and participation of the Contractor with other organizations. Provide technical support in meeting the requirements of the ITU Radio Regulations, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB), NTIA and Part 47 Code of Federal Regulations for space network registrations. Support the Agencys technical preparations and participate in the 2015 world radio-communication conference (WRC) and ancillary meetings for any future WRC as required, and provide technical support and consultation to Agency delegates at the conferences and meetings and provide technical services related to the implementation of these or other conference and meeting directives. Participate in Conference Preparatory Meeting (CPM), and attend national and international meetings, to explain and defend Agency technical positions, and to counter proposals from other points of view. Support the preparation and advocacy of technical contributions to appropriate ITU R Study Groups, which will support Agency programs. Establish a technical basis for spectrum usage of the various space science services. Establish the technical justification supporting Agency proposals to a particular WRC. This work will take place in, but not be limited to the following international groups, and their U.S. counterparts and associated task and rapporteur groups that may form, which prepare U.S. inputs to the international meetings. Maintain Scientific and Industrial Organization (SIO) Membership in the ITU R for purposes of providing an additional forum for presenting Agency requirements in the international community. B. Programmatic and Management Accounting Tools and Services Support all business and financial management activities. This includes: Fiscal year analysis, budget formulation and execution, funding distributions, financial reporting and analysis, reimbursable support, contract analysis; study of contractor supplied 533, the reconciliation and integration of financial data. Maintain the Integrated Master Schedule. Maintain the SCaNs financial database. Manage SCaNs risk management process Provide Programmatic/Administrative support to the SCaN Program Office. Develop and implement a SCaN database that will provide a single authoritative source (beyond the Government Master File) that will provide access to all information currently housed in the disparate NASA/SCaN databases and spreadsheets. Design, develop and maintain the NASA Electronic Radio Database System (NERDS). NERDS is a living database system for spectrum management planning and operational activities. It currently occupies data exclusively for NASA operated systems.Revisions will include non-NASA systems, to include other Federal, international, and commercial. The database is the single authoritative source of information for the NASA spectrum management community. The design and implementation of this database shall be an all-encompassing strategic, tactical, one-stop tool for current and future NASAs mission assets and parameters, including specific spectrum bands, transmitters and receivers. C. Web presence and applications, Education and Public Outreach Activities Manage various websites on behalf of the Program. This includes custom development of online applications, websites, and modules to support SCaN activities; Manage Program-direct websites to meet a wide range of audiences, including the general public, internal groups, interagency groups, and international groups; Develop websites in compliance with all government and NASA regulations and ensure the stability and security of the network on which the websites, databases and files reside; Provide website maintenance which includes the organization of electronic content and user support and training and support for various SCaN web applications; Provide Education and Public Outreach Services consisting of development of content for the SCaN public website, development of presentations for external audiences, coordination of Policy and Strategic Communications activity with the centers, management of SCaN booths and presence for related conferences and the development and ordering of SCaN and Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate branded material. Provide technical support to further SCaNs goals of policy advocacy, strategic communications, education and public outreach by strengthening SCaNs national and international partnerships. The Contractor shall provide necessary support to increase visibility of NASA Space Communications and Navigation and enhancing its understanding with stakeholders and customers. IDIQ services and activities: D. Space Communications and Navigation Engineering Services Provide expert technical and programmatic support for NASA's future space communications architecture and technology development. Support the SCaN program to pursue advancements in technology including but not limited to increases in data rates. This development enables increased Communication and Navigation (C&N) capabilities available to missions and reduces the risk of deployment. Technology advancements may impact the missions space or ground segments and/or the SCaN integrated network. Example areas of support include new modulation schemes, coding, arraying techniques, and software-defined radio. Provide support in the deployment of new frequency bands such as Ka-band to increase the data rate capability. Support the development and integration of optical communications used to provide a significant increase in data rate capability and complement the SCaN networks RF capabilities. Support all SCaN efforts and work related to the applicable international standards bodies to ensure that the needs of the NASA community are met in the formulation of these Standards as well as enabling SCaN to interoperate with international and national partners. Support other technical investigations, regulatory and administrative initiatives not specifically referenced elsewhere in this SOW. This requirement may require a Top Secret and Special Compartmentalized Information security clearance. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 541330 with a size standard of $14M. Estimated award date for this contract is December 1, 2015. Estimated award amount is over $5,000,000 per year, for 5-years. No solicitation exists; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. If a solicitation is released it will be synopsized in FedBizOpps and on the NASA Acquisition Internet Service. It is the potential offerors responsibility to monitor these sites for the release of any solicitation or synopsis. Interested offerors/vendors having the required specialized capabilities to meet the above requirement should submit a capability statement of 10 pages or less indicating the ability to perform all aspects of the effort described herein. Responses must include the following: name and address of firm, size of business; average annual revenue for past 3 years and number of employees; ownership; whether they are large, small, small disadvantaged, 8(a), Woman-owned, Veteran Owned, Service Disabled Veteran Owned, Historically Underutilized Business Zone and Historically Black Colleges and Universities)/Minority Institutions; number of years in business; affiliate information: parent company, joint venture partners, potential teaming partners, prime contractor (if potential sub) or subcontractors (if potential prime); list of customers covering the past five years (highlight relevant work performed, contract numbers, contract type, dollar value of each procurement; and point of contact - address and phone number).Please advise if the requirement is considered to be a commercial or commercial-type product. A commercial item is defined in FAR 2.101. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government nor will the Government pay for information solicited. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation. All responses shall be submitted to Candis Edwards at Candis.Edwards@nasa.gov no later than January 21, 2013.Please reference NNH1422222L in any response. Any referenced notes may be viewed at the following URLs linked below.
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